I used to try to like teach people to be me and that did not it would just look like people who were like Bad actors yeah instead and I was like what Drew let’s focus more on like your strengths right and I’ll focus on mine but if I tried to sell like you would come across you know how awkward and uncomfortable right if I was just like low-key Garrett and I was just like Susan tell me more about your family I know it sounds terrible but that is not my yeah style like a small talk guy I’m like gonna come at you a thousand miles per hour with insane intensity I’m gonna look you in the eye and you’re gonna look me in the eye and you’re gonna know that I am for real about what I am saying and what I believe but that is not everybody else no and if you try to do it that way it doesn’t work so that’s a huge part.
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